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Kasz216 on 25 February 2010
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jammy2211 said:
jarrod said:
jammy2211 said:

 I still think competiting with Nintendo is part of it too though, Nintendo's marketing budget must be out of this world. I can understand no one wanting to spend big bucks trying to compete with Nintendo on that front.

I hear this reasoning repeated a lot, and honestly, I just don't think it's sound.  Wiis are ubiquitous enough, and multiconsole households so common, that publishers are in a very real sense "competing with Nintendo" no matter what platform they publish on.

Got any stats / figures on that?

 I really doubt there is many Wii / HD console cross ownership.

You'd be wrong on that... this generation has been the highest ever for cross console ownership... and when you consider how similar the PS3 and 360 are....

 

NPD provided these stats

According to the reports, among Wii owners in the United States (who represent 32 percent of all gamers), 14 percent also own a PlayStation 3, and 26 percent own an Xbox 360. Among PlayStation 3 owners (who currently represent 10 percent of all gamers), 42 percent own a Wii and 34 percent own an Xbox 360. However, among Xbox 360 owners (20 percent of all gamers), 42 percent own a Wii, but only 18 percent own a PlayStation 3.

 

42% of both PS3 and 360 owners own Wiis.  (In the US.)